Vehicle-spring



(No Model.

J. T, MGINTYRE & J. G. PARSONS.

VEHICLE SPRING.

' Patented May 1,1883.

Jhz wziam m'zesses UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN T.-1\IOINTYRE AND JOHN G. PARSONS, OF-OSHKOSH, \VISCONSIN.

VEHICLE-SPRING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,700, dated. May 1, 1883.

' Application filed February 27, 1883. (No model.)

To all trhom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN T. MGINTYRE and JOHN G. PARSONS, of Oshkosh, in the county of Winnebago, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Springs; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

()ur invention relates to springs employed in side-bar vehicles principally; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

The drawing is a representation in elevation of our improved spring.

A represents one of the timbers of the vehicle-body,towhich is bolted the plate B. This plate has downward projecting lugsb b, provided with transverse perforations or grooves for the reception of the clips 0 c and hanger 0 Our spring proper is made in two parts, 0 and C. The former is preferably stronger than the other, having an additional leaf, and

its inner end is secured to the hanger 6, while it is supported at about its center by the clip a, as shown, the said clip holding it to place against the log I). The other part, 0, is held at about its center against the lug b by the clip 0, while its inner end rests on top of the part 0, just inside the point of attachment of the latter, and a stiff piece of rubber, 07, keeps the twoin contact and prevents rattling. By

this construction we secure along spring without the disadvantage of extra height, and thus our invention is especially adaptedfor side spring with side-bar vehicles, although we do not confine its use to that variety, it being equally as well adapted as the ordinary side springs for vehicles without bars, and more,

)ret'erable as bv this construction we are enabled to set the body of the vehicle much lower, thereby making it more easy of access.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A vehiclespring made in two parts and clipped to a plate, the inner end of one part being secured to aihanger depending from said plate, while the inner end of the other part rests on the upper middle portion of the first part, as set forth.

2. The combination of the springsG and G with the plate B, clips and. hanger, and rubber stop cl, substantially as setv forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands, on this 21st day of February, 1883, in the presence of two wit- IIGSSES.

J OHN T. MCINTYRE. JOHN G. PARSONS. Witnesses:

CHAS. OELLERICH, H. B. HARSHAW. 

